Weather and Climate Dynamics
Weather and Climate Dynamics
WCD
Articles | Volume 5, issue 2
Articles | Volume 5, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-805-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-805-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 5, issue 2
Research article
 | 
06 Jun 2024
Research article |  | 06 Jun 2024

A comparison of the atmospheric response to the Weddell Sea Polynya in atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs) of varying resolutions

Holly C. Ayres, David Ferreira, Wonsun Park, Joakim Kjellsson, and Malin Ödalen

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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-805-2024-supplement

Data sets

Data from polynya models for paper 'The atmospheric response to the Weddell Sea Polynya and its resolution dependence in three Atmospheric General Circulation Models' Holly Ayres et al. https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.000487

ERA5 monthly averaged data on single levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.f17050d7

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Short summary
The Weddell Sea Polynya (WSP) is a large, closed-off opening in winter sea ice that has opened only a couple of times since we started using satellites to observe sea ice. The aim of this study is to determine the impact of the WSP on the atmosphere. We use three numerical models of the atmosphere, and for each, we use two levels of detail. We find that the WSP causes warming but only locally, alongside an increase in precipitation, and shows some dependence on the large-scale background winds.
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